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Norval Morrisseau<\/h1>\n

(1932-2007)<\/span><\/h3>\n

Ojibwa First Nation<\/p>\n

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Born Jean-Baptiste Norman Henry Morrisseau, Norval Morrisseau is one of the most well-known and celebrated Indigenous artists in Canada. This Ahnisnabae artist was born at Sand Point First Nations Reserve, near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Morrisseau was sent to a residential school, as a child, but stayed for only 2 years before leaving and attending a local community school. He married Harriet Kakegamic in 1957, and lived together in northwestern Ontario.<\/p>\n

Morrisseau was a self-taught artist who, in the 1960s, originated the painting style referred to as “Woodland Style” or “legend art”. The Woodland Style<\/a> often features spiritual themes rooted in the artist\u2019s cultural heritage \u2013 Morrisseau was interested in Ahnisnabae rock pictography<\/a> and Mid\u00e9wiwin birchbark scrolls, referencing them in his art and even painting on birchbark himself at times.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s lots of stories that are told in Ojibwa but that wasn\u2019t enough for me. I wanted to draw them-that’s from my own self-my own idea what they look like<\/em>. – Norval Morrisseau (2005)<\/p>\n

Along with Daphne Odjig<\/a> and Carl Ray<\/a>, Morrisseau was involved in founding the Indigenous Group of Seven<\/a>. If you look closely at the three artworks on display in Huron’s Executive Suite, you will see the artist often signed his name in Cree syllabics, “Copper Thunderbird”.<\/p>\n

Many of Morrisseau’s early solo exhibitions were held in Toronto, and his work is collected and hung in many Canadian Galleries: Art Gallery of Ontario<\/a>, and the Nation Gallery of Canada<\/a> to name a few. In 1978, Morrisseau was made a member of the Order of Canada. Norval Morrisseau died in 2007 in Toronto, Ontario.<\/p>\n

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Works at Huron<\/h2>\n

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